Virtuelle Weltreise (Update)

բարև բոլորին!

This is an update of my previous post after another week exploring this country.

An Armenian YouTube channel that caught my attention this week is called [Observer Channel](https://m.youtube.com/@OBSC). I just love how, anywhere in the world, there is always a guy who picks up a camera and decides to film the street of his city.

As I checked for the YouTube channel [Yerevan live camera](https://m.youtube.com/@yerevanlivestream2065) again, I noticed that there are now 3 live cams at work: in Nalbandyan Street, on Ptghni bus station, and on Orbeli street!

One of the symbols of Armenia is the pomegranate. From a Westerner perspective, it is quite a strange fruit. I’m sure if you tell someone in France or elsewhere to cut this fruit, they will be as troubled as with cutting an ananas. So I searched “կտրատել նուռը” and leaned some armenian ways to open this fruit without making a total mess in the kitchen.

There seems to be a lot of sweet and sweet/savoury recipes with pomegranate, and I will give them a try at the occasion.

With the weather getting colder here, it’s all about hot things this week. I tried my own version of Karshm կարշմ, which is a walnut-based soup with red beans, chickpeas and green beans from the town of Vaik in the Vayots Dzor province Even though I did find one recipe online, it was quite difficult to reproduce, so I made it my way.

Arganak արգանակ is on the other hand a pretty simple soup, and I really recommend making the chicken broth yourself so that the flavours can unfold.

With Christmas coming I made some Anoushabour անուշաբուր. The combination of the hot porridge with nuts, dried fruits, and fresh pomegranate is delicious.

As I’m listening to “Hay-Hay” by the sisters Inga and Anush Arshakyans, I would really like to visit this country if I ever got the chance. It’s quite small, but its culture is really rich, and I barely got an overview of it.

On this term, Armenia, being the first nation to adopt Christianity, I’m wishing you all a peaceful Christmas time!

հաճելի շաբաթավերջ!

Next week, I will be posting in r/Australia! * Pick the Vegemite out of the shelf*